Cisco UCS B-Series (SNMP)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for the Cisco B-Series Servers via the SNMP agent of the UCS Manager. It does not connect to the blades themselves.

blade cisco hardware

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• CiscoUCSRest

Target

Typical platform: Cisco UCS

Operating system: Out-Of-Band

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Prerequisites

Leverages: Cisco UCS Manager SNMP Agent

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t oob -c +CiscoUCSBladeSNMP --snmp v2c --community public

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: oob
        connectors: [ +CiscoUCSBladeSNMP ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The Cisco UCS B-Series (SNMP) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• An SNMP GetNext on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.719.1.9.2.1.2 must return a non-empty value

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
cpu	hw.cpu.speed.limit{limit_type="max"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name vendor
disk_controller	hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="present"}	controller_number firmware_version hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name serial_number vendor
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id model name serial_number vendor
memory	hw.memory.limit hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info name serial_number
physical_disk	hw.physical_disk.size hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name vendor